Colombia’s coastline is 14 times as long as Romania’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,186 m above Romania’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Colombia has 2.8 times as many people as Romania

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 72% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 11 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.2 more children on average than in Romania

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 397 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Colombia and Romania are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 7% larger than Romania’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 2.2 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Romania (Gini 24.6 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 6.0% in Romania

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 63% more on health per person than Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 75% more likely to die before turning one than in Romania

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 43% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 4.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 21% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 3.5 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 16% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 523 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 645 more hours a year than in Romania

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 2.5 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 8 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 2 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (11 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 29% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 5 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Colombia fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 30% of Romania

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 6% more fine dust than in Romania

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 22 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Romania

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Colombia are 2 times as deadly as in Romania

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Romania

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 4.2 times as much rain as Romania

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)